The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 2044
Waxing Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
2:17 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 61.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 22.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.90° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.61° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.